The TikTok deal creates dangerous loopholes that undermine the original ban's purpose by allowing ByteDance to retain influence through algorithm licensing. This isn't the clean break Congress mandated, as operational relationships with Beijing persist through shared technology. The arrangement fails to deliver true security from Chinese Communist Party control.

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